homily

Speech parts

1. homily - Noun

2. homily - Adverb

Meaning

A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.

A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life.

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...it's not my job to preach a sermon. Art is anyhow a homily. My job is to speak in living images, not in arguments. I must exhibit life full-face, not discuss life. Nikolai Gogol

I will try to keep my homily brief. But be warned - I'm Irish. Bono

Almost nothing is read in a normal speaking voice, with the exception of the homily if one is given. Source: Internet

“Carlo utilized the net in support of this Gospel, to achieve as many individuals as you can,” the cardinal stated during his homily, including that the adolescent watched the net” as a location to utilize obligation, without getting enslaved.” Source: Internet

After the Gospel, the homily is preached by the principal concelebrant. Source: Internet

A surviving homily from St. Augustine on Cyprian's feast day indicates that his cult was fairly widespread throughout Africa by the fourth century. Source: Internet

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